Mahmud Abbas
Mahmud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is the President of the State of Palestine and Palestinian National Authority. He has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organizationsince 11 November 2004 and has been Palestinian president since 15 January 2005. Abbas is a member of the Fatah party...
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reassure the world and send out a message that we deserve our state.
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Our security services are trying to use all means to prevent their arrival.
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I think if we start to work seriously, we will only need a few years or a year. It is important for us and the Israelis if they want a real peace.
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There are lands in eastern and northern Gaza still under occupation, ... We need to renegotiate the details and get back to the real border.
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Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us,
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When I receive in a short time a larger number of officers, I will increase the number of opening hours,
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We are going to work with the Egyptians to plug the breaches in the barrier along the border ... within two or three days, and to return order in this sector,
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Today we have before us an opportunity to re-launch the peace process.
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We are ready to negotiate with the Israelis if they want on the basis of international legitimacy.
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We are on the verge of reaching an agreement on this issue.
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working to promote a culture of peace and to reject violence and eliminate its causes.
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We reject these words and we do not accept what Sharon said yesterday. No one has any right to cancel issues from negotiations between us and them.
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There is no agreement until now but there will be an agreement very soon.
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I have managed, in the nine months since my election, to create a climate of peace and not a climate of violence amongst Palestinians,